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I returned home Monday night from business in southern California. It had
been eight days since I last observed the birds on our farm in western
Muskingum County. One of the advantages (one of the only advantages) to my
erratic and periodic schedule of observation is that changes during
migration are more obvious.

New arrivals (or at least new songsters) the past three days:

A phoebe is now singing in the Spring Hollow below our farmhouse. Last year
these birds nested in the rafters of our woodshed, and I suspect they will
again. During our daily walk around the property I have heard another
phoebe singing incessantly near our neighbor's house to the south of us. A
sure sign of Spring.

Towhees are now wheeping and urging us to drink tea at several locations in
the wooded ravines.

Field sparrows and their songs have been on the increase daily.

Many red-winged blackbirds continue to visit the feeders, but I haven't
seen any females yet.

I haven't had the time or timing to go look for woodcocks in the evening,
but I am hoping there are a few around by now. The number of these birds at
our place has declined over the past decade, and ours never seem to arrive
as early as some others around the state.

Jane (my non-birding wife) reported birds she thought were acting like
swallows, swooping over the fields last Sunday evening. I haven't been able
to confirm this yet. They would be tree swallows, since they are always the
first swallows to arrive. They should be here soon, if not already.

Bob Evans
Geologist, etc.
Hopewell Township, Muskingum County

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